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1 - 10 of 10 (0.23 seconds)Section 313 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Section 20 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
Section 2 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Section 55 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
Section 173 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
State Of Punjab vs Balbir Singh on 1 March, 1994
14. The case of the prosecution is that the police party did not have any
prior information about the accused carrying charas. It was the unusual
behavior that made the patrolling police suspicious of the said person
carrying some contraband. Resultantly, the police captured him, and on his
search detected the charas. Thus the present case is based on chance
recovery. However, the NDPS Act does not define chance recovery.
Therefore, the procedure and safeguards in cases of chance recovery, laid
down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, in its landmark holding, State of
Punjab v. Balbir Singh, (1994) 3 SCC 299, shall follow.
Section 42 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
State Of Himachal Pradesh vs Pawan Kumar on 8 April, 2005
15. Since the police did not seize the charas from the person of the
accused, as such, they were under no obligation to comply with the
mandatory requirements of section 50 of the NDPS Act. Thus section 50 of
the NDPS Act shall not apply and the law is no more res integra. A three-
member bench of the Supreme Court, in State of H.P. v. Pawan Kumar,
(2005) 4 SCC 350, holds:
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